Birgitta

From Old Irish Brigit. Borrowed from Swedish Birgitta.

Birgitta

1. a female given name

• Birgit, Britta, Berit, Gita

Birgitta f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Birgitta: Birgittuson
• daughter of Birgitta: Birgittudóttir

From Old Irish Brigit. First recorded in Sweden in 1293. Cognate with English Bridget.

• IPA^(key): /bɪr²ɡɪta/

Birgitta c (genitive Birgittas)

1. a female given name
   • 1997, Majgull Axelsson, Aprilhäxan, Pan, published 2006, →ISBN, page 160:

     "Birgitta, Margareta och Christina", sa barnavårdstanten och skrattade ett kacklande litet besökarskratt. "Nu fattas det bara en liten Desirée för att det ska bli precis som på Haga slott..."

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• Name of a fourteenth century Swedish saint. Also borne by Swedish royalty.

• Berit, Birgit, Brita, Britt, Britta

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 175 016 females with the given name Birgitta living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.